Sentence examples for a functioning society from inspiring English sources

Clean drinking water is an index of a functioning society: more than a billion people worldwide lack sufficient access to clean water, and more than 5 million a year die from waterborne diseases.

They are part of a strong, organic movement towards a functioning society in Haiti.

Perhaps one sign of a functioning society is the price of Pepsi.

It also calls for building the necessities of a functioning society: systems of justice, policing, education.

I'd rather live in a functioning society driven by individuals striving for their own forms of happiness.

It is important for a functioning society: it humanises the realities of wages, commutes and working days, where rampant capitalistic overdrive seeks to dehumanise them.

No one says defaulting on a contract is pretty or that, in a perfectly functioning society, defaults would be the rule.

Nobody," she declared, pointing out that the rich can only get rich thanks to the "social contract" that provides a decent, functioning society in which they can prosper.

The result of raising children French style, Druckerman writes, is "a fully functioning society of good little sleepers, gourmet eaters and reasonably relaxed parents".

The rule of law is the cornerstone of a properly functioning society, essential for stability and prosperity.

To be a fully functioning society, we need good quality public media the same way we need good quality public schools, colleges and universities, public hospitals, transportation, libraries, parks and recreation, and arts and culture.